EA, Hasbro Reveal Plans

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NERF and Littlest Pet Shop games are coming this fall.

By Daemon Hatfield

Today Electronic Arts revealed the first slate of Hasbro games it will be converting into 0s and 1s. The two companies announced a partnership last summer granting EA the exclusive worldwide rights to create videogames based on Hasbro's numerous properties. The first products, arriving this fall, will land on the Wii and DS and be based on Littlest Pet Shop and NERF. Both of these games are currently in production at EA's Salt Lake Studio. They will be officially unveiled at Hasbro's Toy Fair showcase in New York, February 17-19.

EA describes Littlest Pet Shop as a "girl's brand" that puts players in charge of their own animal retail outlet. The game consists of three environments where pets, toys, and accessories can be unlocked. The DS version, in Nintendogs fashion, will come in three different versions, each with unique pets.

NERF "N-Strike" is a shooting game that will apparently ship with its own "blaster" controller (on the Wii, at least). The blaster can be disconnected from the Wii to work as a traditional, dart-firing NERF gun.

Monopoly and Scrabble games are also in development and are planned for release on multiple platforms. EA will be announcing even more board game conversions later this year.

Pogo.com, EA's online, casual game portal, is also receiving an injection of Hasbro titles. Monopoly, Yahtzee, Trivial Pursuit, Operation, and Pictureka are all destined for online play this fall.